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Source Material

The elements behind great teaching and the systems that support it.

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We open September 17 with the routines and trust that make inquiry possible, and how leaders help them take root, featuring Cornelius Minor.

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By Design, Not By Accident: Building a Classroom Culture for Inquiry in Social Studies

Strong inquiry classrooms don't happen by accident.

Corneilius Minor
Educator and Author | The Minor Collective
September 17, 2026
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Three Moves That Change the Room: Inquiry-Based Social Studies for Multilingual Learners

Every learner gets a seat in the conversation.

Christina Nelson
Professional Learning Specialist | WIDA
November 12, 2026
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A Different Kind of Invitation: Inquiry and the Reluctant Learner

Reaching students who have pulled away.

Erika A. Patall
Professor and Associate Dean of Research | USC Rossier School of Education
February 4, 2027
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Reading the Room: What Student Work Tells Us That Nothing Else Can

The evidence is already in your classroom.

Sarah Milo Hoskow
Founding Team Member | inquirED
March 4, 2027

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about the series

Source Material is a thought leadership webinar series from inquirED and NCSS. Each episode brings together educators, researchers, and practitioners to examine the conditions that make inquiry-based social studies instruction possible.

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LaKethia White

PD and Learning Lead at inquirED

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Hannah Berkowitz

5th-grade teacher, Jane Stenson Elementary

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